Divine Realm, Asura God Temple.
"Asura, if you have another plan, say it quickly. Soul Land is nearly unified already.
"I still cannot believe what kind of origin that boy Wu Ling has. Even the token I left in Soul Land has been sealed by something unknown. My follower is praying to me as well. She says she encountered two people from the continent. Even at level ninety nine, she was still no match for them.
"I secretly looked at them too. That power is absolutely not from Soul Land. Did you accidentally drag over the reincarnation of some other existence when you pulled that boy here?"
Sea God Poseidon complained to Asura God with a worried face. By now, his divine seat had stabilized, and his need for faith had fallen to a very low point. Even so, Soul Land's believers were a backup he had cultivated for almost ten thousand years. That was not something he could simply cut away.
Asura God tapped his fingers lightly against his chair. His own mind was just as unsettled.
The script had clearly been arranged. Tang San, the "protagonist," had the Clear Sky Sect and Sea God Island behind him. The villain side had only Spirit Hall. Even better, the big boss and the second boss of that villain side were both under his and Sea God's control. With a setup like that, even a pig could crush its way from beginning to end like a genius.
There might be difficulties in the middle, but those existed for Tang San's own good. Only after true tempering could he inherit Asura God's position.
Yet just when the plan looked almost perfect, the one flaw appeared out of nowhere.
"Relax. Do we not still hold the Rakshasa God Temple and the Angel God Temple? The lower realm has successors for both. Once the time comes, a little manipulation will be enough to end that boy. Why else did we force the two of them to reincarnate back then?
"Still, one thing you said is right. That boy's power truly does not belong to Soul Land." Asura God's eyes narrowed as he said this.
He had once watched Wu Ling in secret. In particular, when Wu Ling fought Tang Hao and Tang San, Asura God had become deeply wary of the power called Noble Phantasms. It had clearly been an attack from a lower realm human, yet it made him feel an emotion called fear. That dazzling spear was something he could not forget.
Then there had been the second time. He had just sent Tang Hao down, only for Tang Hao to be killed by Wu Ling at once. When Wu Ling severed Tang Hao's connection to him, Asura God felt the concept of death from that blade.
That power also dragged up memories that made Asura God deeply unhappy. Memories of the one who had threatened his position even more than Rakshasa God.
While Asura God and Sea God continued discussing their plan, Wu Ling, the target of that plan, had quietly arrived before the Angel God Temple.
In Wu Ling's hand was the jar that stored Angel God's divine power. The power inside flowed toward the temple like iron filings pulled by a magnet.
After confirming that the temple was the target, Wu Ling shifted the jar to his other hand and took out the greatsword.
"So this is the place. The Angel God Temple. Time to sneak in."
Boom.
With a violent roar, the entire temple gate shattered. Wu Ling walked inside in the most open way possible.
"Good. Very good. Not a single person noticed me. This infiltration succeeded. Still... a god has noticed, has he? Then I need to move quickly."
Wu Ling had discovered the restriction long ago. The entire temple had been set with one. Its function was simple: detection. As long as anything entered the temple in any form, the restriction would send an alarm to a certain god. Even if the communication was blocked, that god would notice the cutoff.
Wu Ling could have slipped in quietly, but that would waste too much time. For him, time was very limited right now.
By the setting, one day in the Divine Realm equaled one year in Soul Land. He had actually gone to the Rakshasa God Temple first. He did not enter at that time. He only left a teleportation circle outside before running to the Angel God Temple. Even that had used almost one hour.
Following the formula of one day to one year, one hour in the Divine Realm equaled half a month in Soul Land. To avoid wasting time, Wu Ling could only choose the fastest method.
As soon as Wu Ling broke through the Angel God Temple gate, Sea God, who had been happily discussing plans with Asura God, froze. Then he sprang up, stunned.
"Someone entered the Angel God Temple. And they forced their way in openly."
Asura God's expression changed too. Angel God's successor held a critical role in the plan. Nothing could happen to her. He also could not imagine any god directly smashing into another god's temple unless that person was not a god.
Sea God seemed to share Asura God's thought. As soon as Asura God reached that point, Sea God shouted.
"Wait. The one who broke into the temple is human, not a god. It is... it is Wu Ling."
For a moment, Asura God and Sea God's minds went blank. Then Asura God reacted.
"Forget how he reached this place. If his target is the divine power Angel God left behind, then he must already know our plan."
The two gods stared at each other. Then they both flew toward the Angel God Temple at top speed.
At the Angel God Temple, guided by that strand of divine power like a compass, Wu Ling had already reached the deepest part.
There, in the center of the room, Wu Ling saw a large mass of golden divine power representing Angel God. Yet on the outer surface of that divine power, there was also a thin layer of blue divine power. Wu Ling had once felt that kind of power inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
"So it is just as I thought. After Angel God disappeared, Angel God's divine tests were controlled by Sea God. Otherwise, the original tests would not have contained killing one's own grandfather or that golden liquid.
"And later, the Angel God test content even appeared inside the Sea God tests. For two gods of the same rank, that should be almost impossible."
Wu Ling swung his blade and cut away the Sea God's divine power attached to Angel God's divine power. Sea God, who was still rushing over, froze for a moment. Then he flew toward the Angel God Temple even faster.
Wu Ling looked at the mass of Angel God's divine power, which had now opened its core to him. A fun idea suddenly came to mind.
A strange smile appeared on his face. Then, like a gray wolf closing in on a little lamb, he walked step by step toward that divine power.
"Aurelia already works so hard in cultivation. Let me help reduce her burden."